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This study aims to reveal the economic perspective of university students in the Southeast Anadolu Region to the European Union (EU) and includes an analysis of the survey data held for this purpose. In this framework, the participants’ general information about the EU and the assessments of the economy of Turkey after the EU membership were examined.   A significant part of the participants are aware of the EU and more than half of Turkey supports the EU membership. 39% of Turks believe that Turkey will never be a member of the EU. However, more than half of them see the unity’s economic future brightly. The percentage of those who believe that membership will lead to improvement in the quality of goods/services is 58%. A significant proportion of participants said they expect positive developments in terms of ‘product quality’ in the agriculture, livestock and fisheries sectors, ‘technological development and innovation capacity’ in the industrial sector and ‘international competition’ in the service sector.   The percentage of those who expect improvement in corporate level of the companies is 57%. Half of the participants also said they expect positive changes in their salaries. On the other hand, the percentage of those expecting a decrease in the negative environmental impacts of after joining the Union is 43%. Half of the participants said unemployment in Turkey would be reduced, while the percentage of those who prefer the inflation would be 35%. The proportion of those who believe that justice will be guaranteed in the distribution of income is similar.